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Yet corporates seem to routinely take a 'laissez-faire' approach to policing and get away with it. No one is banging on Google's or Uber's door with orders.

Businesses seem to get away with more, protected by law and due process, and with recourse to lobby and challenge and even if found guilty merely fined while individuals lives can be turned upside down, with processes and records that have far reaching consequences.

There seems to be a fundamental imbalance at work here.



It brings to mind that recent case of a Facebook user who posted a recent movie on Facebook which was downloaded 6 million times!

The uploader is facing prison, but Facebook is seemingly above reproach.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18004544




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